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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 Thursday, April 22, 2004
Vol. cxr v. No
Minister makes long-distance call
Sharanskv was awarded »he Congressional (iolci Modal after he spent nine years in a Soviet prison on behalf of the Soviet human r ii:bt -movement and of Jew* who wanted t< immigrate to Israel
Sharanskv focused mainly < r democracy and human rights through out his talk
“A democracy means one thing. h« said “It is the right to speak vour mind without being punished, and to speak vour views without going to prison "I want to remind vou tha* attempts to appease dictators always end in tragedy" he said, citing (ierman\ and the Smiet I )nion as examples
The task of maintaining control ^ a dictator requires keeping peop|» under control, brainwashing, propa ganda and the arrest of dissidentv Dictators must mobilize people. .»tn! thev need a (onstant threat agawi't them lie said
i see IKarait&hy uage 15
INSIDE
USC center Ebony Hoffman talks about her future pro
career in the WNBA 24
Israel's Minister for Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs spoke to a Bovard audience Wednesday.
By SUSAN TAM
Staff Writer
Sam Haytftom i Dady Troian
Uv* from Israel. Minister Natan Sharansky speaks via satellite to an audience In Bovard Auditorium Wednesday night
It was early morning for Minister Natan Sharansky in Israel but earlv evening for those gathered in Bovard Auditorium on Wednesday to bear him speak.
Sharanskv. Israel's Minister for Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs was scheduled to speak at USC. but was called back to Israel by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to deal with pressing mat ters. He spoke instead by satellite to an audience of more than 100 in a talk sponsored by Caravan for Democracy and other groups including Chabad at USC and the USC Hillel Foundation
Students chose Kerry in survey
By ANNA JCWETT
A poll conducted by the
I nstitute of Politics at Harvard University found that 48 percent of college student* favor presumed Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass), While 38 percent support President Bush.
The I OP also created the Harvard Institute of Mjttcs Political Personality Test? an
II -question survey that indicated the traditional liberal and conservative ideology definitions do not account for the views of the majority of
college st Most
students are cen-trists are actually centrists, according to the poll.
I mi M. page T l
INDEX
Disney releases “Sacred Planet? a 40-minute film in honor of Earth Day. t
: High 78. Low 58
Student media targeted in new complaints
Harold Mann filed two complaints against other presidential tickets.
By UNOSCY DAVIS
Suff Wntvf
The Student Senate presidential election ended at midnight, but the elections, commission will hear two complaints filed by vice presidential candidate Harold Mann starting at 5 p.m. Thursday
Mann, who i« running with Mike Directo. filed a complaint Wednesday against candidates Daniel Kenny and Jessica Lal! in relation to a Daily Trojan
editorial published on Tuesday, said Patrick Bailey, executive director of the campus center and cultural programs.
Mann also filed a complaint against Andrew Hitter and Agavni (jasparyan because of an article that appeared in Saturday Night Magazine on Wednesday. Bailey said.
Mann refused to comment or explain the grounds for the complaints.
According to the elections code, any member of the campus media may not unfairly bias the elections through the direct use of campus media orgamza tions.
Tuesday’s Daily Trojan editorial, written by staff writer Kathenne Kirkpatrick. criticized Mann for run
ning in this election after his role as president in the previous Senate administration. which was put on probation fry Michael Jackson, vice president of Student Affairs
On Feb. 27. senators voted to remove Mann from office after his attendance at a Feb. 21 Director-aurrn Ball campaign party. According to the Senate elections code, bylaws and code of ethics, the president is not to support a campaign.
But his executive cabinet voted not to remove him from office on March Z Kirkpatr ick is a member of the same sorority as Lall, Delta Delta Delta.
She said her connection with I.all had no bearing in what she wrote
"'Die fact tliat she's in my sorority is
sheer coincidence." she said "I had no contact with Jessica when I was writing this article"
Kirkpatrick said she is a detached member of her sorority and does not attend Monday night chapter meetings or dinners.
“That was my opinion and notx>d\ else influenced it" she said
Kirkpatrick ls not a registered vol unteer for any campaign, bul said shr does know many of the candidates "If (Mann) really wanted to. he could link me somehow to all candi dates in the race,” she said
The editorial was not meant j-propaganda for the Kenny-Lall tukit page 3
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
Living in L.A. might be hazardous to your health
Research is mounting, indicating that living in a smog-afflicted area is harmful to health
By JAOQUELBC BEELSTM
and its dear and sunny donate, this means increased vulnerability to poor ak<
PA baa identified California ! of the country's most severely polluted counties by giving the state the longest amount of tune to dean up ita air and meet the new stan-
Loa Angeles' air quality is arguably its moat daunting environmental problem.
Research indicates a correlation between air quality and the health of the population in any given area and the Environmental Protection Agency recently tightened its regulations oo air pollution and the definition of unac-
• w. , ...
About 159-miBion Americans bve in areas with unsafe levels of ground-level oaaooe, according to EPA reports on the new standards.
OMUt is fanned when fumes from automobiles, factories «nH fossil fuels react with sunlight For Los Angeles
"With more cars and more sunshine and more heat that all comes together to make a pretty polluted area.* said John Peters, director of the Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center, about Los Angeles.
The center is a cooperative effort between health professionals and environmental engineers that determines how environmental factors such aa au quality affect human health.
Some of the center's most condu sive research comas from an experiment th« started m 1993.
The experiment took a sample of W)00 children from 13 different com-1 see SaMg. IS I
I I 0M» Tn»«
Httf. uone day.. The smog that usually covers downtown Los Angeles has
been proven lo hdve negative health effects on the population

Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 Thursday, April 22, 2004
Vol. cxr v. No
Minister makes long-distance call
Sharanskv was awarded »he Congressional (iolci Modal after he spent nine years in a Soviet prison on behalf of the Soviet human r ii:bt -movement and of Jew* who wanted t< immigrate to Israel
Sharanskv focused mainly < r democracy and human rights through out his talk
“A democracy means one thing. h« said “It is the right to speak vour mind without being punished, and to speak vour views without going to prison "I want to remind vou tha* attempts to appease dictators always end in tragedy" he said, citing (ierman\ and the Smiet I )nion as examples
The task of maintaining control ^ a dictator requires keeping peop|» under control, brainwashing, propa ganda and the arrest of dissidentv Dictators must mobilize people. .»tn! thev need a (onstant threat agawi't them lie said
i see IKarait&hy uage 15
INSIDE
USC center Ebony Hoffman talks about her future pro
career in the WNBA 24
Israel's Minister for Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs spoke to a Bovard audience Wednesday.
By SUSAN TAM
Staff Writer
Sam Haytftom i Dady Troian
Uv* from Israel. Minister Natan Sharansky speaks via satellite to an audience In Bovard Auditorium Wednesday night
It was early morning for Minister Natan Sharansky in Israel but earlv evening for those gathered in Bovard Auditorium on Wednesday to bear him speak.
Sharanskv. Israel's Minister for Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs was scheduled to speak at USC. but was called back to Israel by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to deal with pressing mat ters. He spoke instead by satellite to an audience of more than 100 in a talk sponsored by Caravan for Democracy and other groups including Chabad at USC and the USC Hillel Foundation
Students chose Kerry in survey
By ANNA JCWETT
A poll conducted by the
I nstitute of Politics at Harvard University found that 48 percent of college student* favor presumed Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass), While 38 percent support President Bush.
The I OP also created the Harvard Institute of Mjttcs Political Personality Test? an
II -question survey that indicated the traditional liberal and conservative ideology definitions do not account for the views of the majority of
college st Most
students are cen-trists are actually centrists, according to the poll.
I mi M. page T l
INDEX
Disney releases “Sacred Planet? a 40-minute film in honor of Earth Day. t
: High 78. Low 58
Student media targeted in new complaints
Harold Mann filed two complaints against other presidential tickets.
By UNOSCY DAVIS
Suff Wntvf
The Student Senate presidential election ended at midnight, but the elections, commission will hear two complaints filed by vice presidential candidate Harold Mann starting at 5 p.m. Thursday
Mann, who i« running with Mike Directo. filed a complaint Wednesday against candidates Daniel Kenny and Jessica Lal! in relation to a Daily Trojan
editorial published on Tuesday, said Patrick Bailey, executive director of the campus center and cultural programs.
Mann also filed a complaint against Andrew Hitter and Agavni (jasparyan because of an article that appeared in Saturday Night Magazine on Wednesday. Bailey said.
Mann refused to comment or explain the grounds for the complaints.
According to the elections code, any member of the campus media may not unfairly bias the elections through the direct use of campus media orgamza tions.
Tuesday’s Daily Trojan editorial, written by staff writer Kathenne Kirkpatrick. criticized Mann for run
ning in this election after his role as president in the previous Senate administration. which was put on probation fry Michael Jackson, vice president of Student Affairs
On Feb. 27. senators voted to remove Mann from office after his attendance at a Feb. 21 Director-aurrn Ball campaign party. According to the Senate elections code, bylaws and code of ethics, the president is not to support a campaign.
But his executive cabinet voted not to remove him from office on March Z Kirkpatr ick is a member of the same sorority as Lall, Delta Delta Delta.
She said her connection with I.all had no bearing in what she wrote
"'Die fact tliat she's in my sorority is
sheer coincidence." she said "I had no contact with Jessica when I was writing this article"
Kirkpatrick said she is a detached member of her sorority and does not attend Monday night chapter meetings or dinners.
“That was my opinion and notx>d\ else influenced it" she said
Kirkpatrick ls not a registered vol unteer for any campaign, bul said shr does know many of the candidates "If (Mann) really wanted to. he could link me somehow to all candi dates in the race,” she said
The editorial was not meant j-propaganda for the Kenny-Lall tukit page 3
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
Living in L.A. might be hazardous to your health
Research is mounting, indicating that living in a smog-afflicted area is harmful to health
By JAOQUELBC BEELSTM
and its dear and sunny donate, this means increased vulnerability to poor ak<
PA baa identified California ! of the country's most severely polluted counties by giving the state the longest amount of tune to dean up ita air and meet the new stan-
Loa Angeles' air quality is arguably its moat daunting environmental problem.
Research indicates a correlation between air quality and the health of the population in any given area and the Environmental Protection Agency recently tightened its regulations oo air pollution and the definition of unac-
• w. , ...
About 159-miBion Americans bve in areas with unsafe levels of ground-level oaaooe, according to EPA reports on the new standards.
OMUt is fanned when fumes from automobiles, factories «nH fossil fuels react with sunlight For Los Angeles
"With more cars and more sunshine and more heat that all comes together to make a pretty polluted area.* said John Peters, director of the Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center, about Los Angeles.
The center is a cooperative effort between health professionals and environmental engineers that determines how environmental factors such aa au quality affect human health.
Some of the center's most condu sive research comas from an experiment th« started m 1993.
The experiment took a sample of W)00 children from 13 different com-1 see SaMg. IS I
I I 0M» Tn»«
Httf. uone day.. The smog that usually covers downtown Los Angeles has
been proven lo hdve negative health effects on the population